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>thoughts on the glowing man
>how would you rank the ts/tbk/tgm trilogy
>favorite swans album
>favorite swans side projects
>hopes for the next incarnation of swans
Rape apologism general.
>thoughts on the glowing man
>>66139086
1982-1997>>>>2010-2016
>thoughts on the glowing man
tracks 1 - 2 are gr8, the rest is boring
>how would you rank the ts/tbk/tgm trilogy
the seer > tbk > tgm
>favorite swans album
soundtrack for the blinds
>favorite swans side projects
the angels of light
>hopes for the next incarnation of swans
breakcore with trap influences
>>66139086
I'm sincerely hoping that they move on to shoegaze.
>thoughts on the glowing man
Haven't listened to it yet in its entirety. The first tracks are definitely promising, but that 15:36 on Frankie M is really weird, I'll admit.
>how would you rank the ts/tbk/tgm trilogy
I don't think it's a trilogy even though the albums are similar in some respects (notably length). You'd have to include My Father Will Guide Me up a Rope to the Sky as well. I can't rate TGM yet, sadly. Out of all other post-reform Swans albums, The Seer is my favorite.
>favorite swans album
Soundtracks for the Blind, if we're talking studio albums.
>favorite swans side projects
Drainland is a very interesting listen.
>hopes for the next incarnation of swans
I hope there will be none. I sometimes think it would have been better if they had never reformed.
>>66139101
>Larkin is a wild-ass Georgia mountain woman, or She-Shaman, or something. Ha ha!
what did he mean by this
>>66139461
>I hope there will be none. I sometimes think it would have been better if they had never reformed.
why?, because they wouldnt become popular?
discuss
>Filth: 8.5/10
>Cop: 8/10
>Greed: 7/10
>Holy Money: 7/10
>Children of God: 8/10
>Burning World: 5/10
>White Light From the Mouth of Infinity: 8.5/10
>Love of Life: 5/10
>The Great Annihilator: 5.5/10
>Soundtracks For the Blind: 9/10
>My Father Will Guide Me Up a Rope to the Sky: 4.5/10
>The Seer: 6.5/10
>To Be Kind: 6/10
>The Glowing Man: 5/10
>>66140384
>Filth: 8.5/10
>Cop: 8/10
>Greed: 7/10
>Holy Money: 7/10
>Children of God: 8/10
>Burning World: 5/10
>White Light From the Mouth of Infinity: 8.5/10
agreed
>Love of Life: 5/10
>The Great Annihilator: 5.5/10
"no"
>Soundtracks For the Blind: 9/10
yep, maybe even a 10/10 for me
>The Seer: 6.5/10
>To Be Kind: 6/10
>The Glowing Man: 5/10
"""NO"""
>>66140384
You had a streak until White Light From the Mouth of Infinity
then everything fell apart
>>66139140
What's the deal with this
It's a transition into a new section
Lots of things are dropped out to promote the new head
>>66140304
Well, I knew about Swans way before they reformed.
>>66140439
agree to disagree
>>66140486
that's cause swans after Soundtracks isn't really that good although the Seer and To Be Kind have their moments.
>>66140494
good for you
you didnt answer my question
>>66140384
>>66140439
also, rope to the sky is underrated
>>66140736
Because I think their first era would have stood better on its own.
just wanted to say that the great annihilator is the best swans album besides soundtracks for the blind
>>66141312
i think you mean the seer
>>66140384
>>66140439
OBJECTIVE SWANS RATINGS COMING THROUGH
Filth - 7
Cop - 6.5
Greed - 6
Holy Money - 7
Children of God - 8
The Burning World - 5
White Light From the Mouth of Infinity - 9.5
Love of Life - 6.5
The Great Annihilator - 9
Soundtracks for the Blind - 10
My Father Will Guide Me Up a Rope to the Sky - 6
The Seer - 9.5
To Be Kind - 9
The Glowing Man - 9
>>66141454
OBJECTIVE
>see nonstop swans shitposting
>might as well check them out
>start with filth
>I'll start out with freak, only song I've heard about
>starts out with really agressive guitar playing and lead singer screaming about erections
How do you guys do it?
WHERE THE FUCK IS BLACK HOLE MAN
GIRA YOU COCK
>>66141454
you're 17 and just got into swans. their new albums aren't that great.
>>66141663
swans have a very varied discography, maybe starting with filth was the wrong choice
no-wave
>filth/swans ep
>cop/young god
>greed/holy money (kinda)
post-punk/goth
>children of god
>white light
>lol
>the great annihilator
shite
>the burning world
angels of light
>rope to the sky
masterpiece
>soundtracks for the blind
>the seer
>to be kind
>the glowing man
>>66142253
i've been listening to swans since well before they reformed and i can confirm that the new albums are the best things theyve ever done besides sftb
>>66142253
what a dumbass argument
Anyone seeing Swans on this tour?
Have any of you seen Swans before?
Got my earplugs ready will most of the setlist be from the glowing man?
>>66142307
thats a pretty good way to divide their albums, but white light/love of life and children of god/the great annihilator are pretty different
>>66142784
>Anyone seeing Swans on this tour?
Me! Me!
>Have any of you seen Swans before?
Not me! Not me!
>Got my earplugs ready
Me too.
>will most of the setlist be from the glowing man?
I assume so, maybe a couple songs from Tbk if you're lucky.
What would your ideal setlist for a Swans show be?
>thoughts on the glowing man
it's great. the three giant tracks are the most interesting and fun to revisit, but the other songs surrounding them are also awesome.
>how would you rank the ts/tbk/tgm trilogy
to be kind is my favorite and i enjoy the glowing man a bit more than the seer. i don't really see the albums as a "trilogy" in the sense that continue a single theme, so i don't feel compelled to look at them as a collective piece of art. although, my understanding of the glowing man's title track is that is developed from toussaint l'ouveture and that song in turn developed from the seer's title track. i think the glowing man's title track is the best piece the project has crafted up to this point, so i guess the real "trilogy" is the development of that particular piece.
>favorite swans album
to be kind.
>favorite swans side projects
the body lovers / the body haters is cool, but if you are also including other swans member's side projects then i'd say norm westberg's drone and ambient stuff is my favorite.
>hopes for the next incarnation of swans
i hope michael collaborates with a bunch of artists who tend to play in styles outside of noise rock or drone in the hopes that the sound continues expanding. otherwise, given how great the last six years of their sound has been, i trust that it'll be something interesting.
>>66141454
this, just move tga and tgm down a bit
>>66139086
the man has doll eyes
>>66142784
i saw in a recent interview somewhere that there will be new songs despite this incarnations incoming demise. i suspect they won't play frankie m, cloud of forgetting, unknowing, and the title track since all of those showed up on the last tour. probably the world looks red / black and when will i return.
>>66144298
>there will be new songs despite this incarnations incoming demise.
nice, source?
i hope that annaline turns out to be a new swans song
>>66144351
http://www.orlandoweekly.com/Blogs/archives/2016/06/30/darker-glow-an-interview-with-michael-gira-of-swans
i could've sworn there was one where he explicitly said they would be performing new stuff. oh well. guess we'll find out when the tour starts.
>>66144298
Did they play a little God in my hands before To Be Kind was released?
>>66144351
>annaline
?
>>66144887
http://younggodrecords.com/products/i-am-not-this
final track
>>66140118
that larkin is a wild-ass georgia mountain woman, or she-shaman, or something. ha ha!
